| Title of Fellowship | University of Ottawa Combined Skull Base Fellowship |
|---|---|
| Contact Name for Applications | Fahad Alkherayf |
| Fellowship Type |
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| Location | Ottawa, ON |
| Date Fellowship Established | 07/01/2011 |
| Fellowship Director | Fahad Alkherayf |
| Participating Faculty | Fahad Alkherayf |
Fellowship Information | |
| Duration | 1-2 years |
| Required Prior Training Program |
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| Required Prior Training Program Other | None |
| Accept Foreign Medical Graduates (outside US & Canada) | Yes |
| Foreign Medical Graduates Eligibility Requirements | - |
| Residency Training in US/Canada Required | No |
| USMLE |
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| Percentage of Fellow Workload that is Skull Base | 80-90% |
| Number of Fellows Accepted Per Year | 1 |
| Salaried Position | Yes- contact Program Director for more information |
| Night and Weekend Call | Yes |
| Estimated Nights Per Month | 4 |
| Clinical Work | |
| Average Operative Skull Base Cases Per Year | 150-200 |
| Open Cranial Base | |
| Anterior | 15 |
| Anterolateral/Infratemporal | 10 |
| Lateral (temporal bone) | 10 |
| Posterior | 10 |
| Endonasal Cranial Base | |
| Pituitary/Sella | 50 |
| Sagittal Plane (excluding pituitary) | 20 |
| Transpterygoid/ Coronal Plane | 10 |
| Temporal Bone | |
| Transtemporal/ Transcochlear | 5 |
| Middle fossa | 10 |
| Retrosigmoid | 25 |
| Craniofacial Anomalies/ Reconstructive | |
| Trauma | |
| Craniocervical | |
| Transcervical | Other |
| Endonasal | 5 |
| Reconstruction | |
| Cranioplasty | 15 |
| Regional, Pedicled Flap Repair | Other |
| Stereotactic Radiosurgery | |
| Cyberknife | 40 |
| Cerebral Vascular Surgery | |
| Laboratory Research Opportunities | yes |
| Fellowship Institution Website | uottawa.ca |
| Additional Features of the Fellowship | Ottawa Neurosurgery Skull-Base fellowship, The neurosurgical skull-base fellowship is a one or two year training program focused on skull base tumors and other skull-base pathology.The fellow is exposed to open microsurgical, endoscopic, and stereotactic radiosurgical treatment of a wide variety of skull base lesions. Pathologies commonly encountered include schwannomas, meningioma, pituitary adenomas, craniopharyngioma, sinonasal malignancies, primary brain tumors, metastases, and CSF fistulae. Most cases are managed in multidisciplinary fashion. The fellow participates in pre-operative assessment, decision making, surgery, postoperative care and long term follow-up. The fellow contributes to the teaching, educational activities, and research in the department. To provide the opportunity for continued management of general neurosurgery conditions and supplementation of income, the fellow may provide night time coverage. The fellow is expected to present at national and international neurosurgical and skull-base meetings. |
| Committee on Advanced Subspecialty Training (CAST) Accredited | No |
| How to apply | Email cover letter, CV to the PD |
NASBS
North American Skull Base Society